2010 - 2011 Student Handbook ~ Grades 9-12 - McDonald County ...

the purpose of intimidating the student attacked by threatening
him with social or other ostracism or by submitting such student
to ignominy, shame or disgrace among his fellow students and
acts calculated to produce such results; or
• The playing of abusive or truculent tricks on or off the school
property of the McDonald County R-1 School District by one
student alone or acting with others, upon another student to
frighten or scare him; or
• Any willful act on or off the property of the McDonald County
R-1 School District by one student alone or acting with others
which is directed against any other student done for the purpose
of humbling the ride, stifling the ambition or impairing the
courage of the student attacked or to discourage him/her from
remaining in the McDonald County R-1 School District rather
than to submit to such acts; or
• To any student of the McDonald County R-1 school District or
any other educational institution; or assault upon any such
student made for the purpose of committing any of the acts or
producing any of the results to such students as defined by this
paragraph.
• Any act or activity which violates any law or policy of the
McDonald County R-1 School district when such an act or
activity is taken to further the interest of a gang, it shall be the
duty of the school district to suspend or expel from the
McDonald County R-1 School District any pupil who shall:
• Be or remain a member, promise to join, become a member or
solicit other persons to join, promise to join or pledge to become
a member of any prohibited secret society or organization; or
• Wear or display any insignia for purposes of identification with
any such secret society or organization while in and attending
McDonald County R-1 Schools, or any school related activity.
NCLB COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
The Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Title IX Part C. Sec.
9304(a)(3)(C) requires the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary
Education (DESE) to adopt procedures for resolving complaints regarding
operations of programs authorized under the Act, including Title I, Title II,
Title III, Title IV (Part A), Title V, Title VI, and Title VII and Title IX, part C.
Who May File a Complaint
Any local education agency (LEA), consortium of LEAs, organization, parent,
teacher, or member of the public may file a complaint.
Definition of a Complaint
There are both formal and informal complaint procedures.
A formal complaint must be a written, signed statement that includes:
1. an allegation that a federal statute or regulation applicable to the state
educational agency (SEA) or a
local education agency (LEA) program has been violated,
2. facts, including documentary evidence that supports the allegation, and
3. the specific requirement, statute, or regulation being violated.
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